Educators Hall of Fame Honors Local Teachers
Armando Montano The Paw Print The Teacher Education Department at Adams recently sought nominations from students and the community for outstanding educators for the ASC Educators Hall of Fame. The applicants for the Hall of Fame sought are from all over the San Luis Valley and are meant to reflect the excellence of all professional […]
Driftwood Fire Brings an Interesting Sound to ASC
Kellicia Morse The Paw Print Driftwood Fire came to Adams State College to perform in Leon Memorial Hall, the Veterans Club Banquet, and at Vistas Restaurant during the last week of March. The concert was held in Leon on Thursday, March 29 at 6 p.m. and was hosted by the Grizzly Activity Board (GAB). […]
Model UN Travels to Geneva
Toni Steffens-Steward The Paw Print Members of the Adams State College Model UN team traveled to Geneva, Switzerland for the annual Model United Nations conference. Up against teams from the London School of Economics and the Geneva Graduate Institute the ASC team brought home two awards which tied them with Pace University for the […]
Counseling and Career Services Offer ASIST
Toni Steffens-Steward The Paw Print Counseling and Career Services at Adams State College offers a variety of programs to help students be successful in their college experience and outside of their educational pursuits. Services offered include career, counseling and prevention through the department to help and encourage students. This year Laurel Carter was brought […]
Porter Scholars Focused Academic Programs Talk
Photos by Armando Montano (L to R) Gary Mark-Potter & Dan Carver, Josh Machone & Amber Harlan Armando Montano The Paw Print Last Wednesday’s lunchtime talk was on the works of the Porter Scholars Focused Academic Programs in different fields of study. Collecting the data of two different scientific aims to contribute to the scientific […]
The Lone Ranger Casting Provides Large Turnout
Armando Montano The Paw Print Adams State College was packed to capacity this Sunday as more than 300 hopeful men gathered at the ASC Theatre building to participate in an open casting call in hopes of being selected to be extras in the film adaptation of The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp as Tonto […]
MBA Hiring Continues to Grow Nation Wide
Becca Paez The Paw Print According to an analysis of U.S. News data more MBA graduates are landing jobs now than in the past two years. Of the 441 business schools surveyed by U.S. News, 135 provided job placement data for their 2011 graduates of full-time MBA programs in an annual survey. Among those schools, 78.8 percent of […]
Lemke Recieved Kellog Scholarsahip
Becca Paez The Paw Print The McGraw-Hill/Kellog Developmental Educator Scholarships, which are designed to honor outstanding instructors that are dedicated to preparing students for college-level course work, was awarded to Karen Lemke. The nation’s longest running advanced training progam for developmental educators; the full scholarship was awarded to Lemke at the National Association for […]
Scientists Warn of Reaching Greenhouse Gas Threshold
Nathan Crites-Herren The Paw Print Scientists are warning that the world is on the verge of reaching critical thresholds where damage from global warming will become irreversible at a conference entitled “Planet under Pressure,” meeting in London through the week of March 26. One scientist called this “the critical decade” for curbing global warming, […]
Wrap Yourself Up in Words
Rachel Heaton The Paw Print Six Adams State English professors presented works of creative fiction at Wrap Yourself Up in Words on Tuesday, March 6 in McDaniel Hall. The professors shared new and old favorites in poetry and prose for students and other faculty. Professor Peter Anderson, Dr. Carol Guerrero-Murphy, Professor Kathy Woolbert, Professor Kris […]
Killing of Unarmed Black Youth Raises Questions
Nathan Crites-Herren The Paw Print In the aftermath of the killing of unarmed 17 year-old Trayvon Martin, the Justice Department and FBI have announced they will conduct a criminal probe into the events that led up to his death. The previous Florida Police investigation into the February 26 killing determined that the killer, George Zimmerman […]
Same-Sex Marriage Movement Gains Landmark Victory
Nathan Crites-Herren The Paw Print Washington is set to become the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage. On March 4 the State House of Representatives voted 55-43, largely along partisan lines, in favor marriage equality legislation just one week after it was passed by the state’s Senate. Governor Christine Gregorie, a public advocate for […]
Spilled Coffee, Civil Justice
Johnna Keever The Paw Print Spilled Coffee, presented by the Alpha Zeta Kappa, political science honor society at Adams State hosted at night of debate, and movie on the issue of tort reform. Local attorney and Adams State alumni class of 1994 Keith Vance, took time out to come and discuss issues in civil […]
Unique Astronomical Event Shown at Planetarium
Samantha Saville The Paw Print On Saturday night a record high number of participates gathered at the planetarium for the “Planet Watch” program directed by Dr. Astalos. The night consisted of two shows at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with telescopes out for viewing from 6 to 9 p.m. By the start of each […]
North Korea Concerned with US Actions
Rachel Decker The Paw Print The American military is on full alert after the U.S. and South Korea participated in annual joint military drills. North Korea announced on Monday that it is ready to go to war with the United States, as well as South Korea. North Korea made it clear that they consider […]
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